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When I was 2 or 3 year old our Family had a VCR. I still remember watching Popeye using VCR.
Popeye was one of my favorite shows I remember watching over and over and over again. Singing and acting it out. I also had recordings of the Pink Panther and I think one of, if not the first animated Superman movies or cartoons.
That's also an old memory you unlocked of a home video of myself maybe 3-4 ish "playing Popeye" singing "Popeye the sailor man, toot toot!" and I would take a drink from my Dad's cup pretending it was spinach and acting like my biceps popped out and then promptly sneezing in my Dad's face.
Good times.
I remember VCRs being mind-blowingly cool new tech. Only rich people had them. And colour TV. Who can afford that?
I remember my dad surprising us one night with a pizza and a rented VCR.
I remember hearing about color TVs, even seeing a few in stores but no way we could afford one …
Then my Dad signed up for a remote class through DeVry Institue of Technology (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_%26_Howell) where the final project was to build a color TV!
— I don’t remember what term we used for “online classes” before there was an online